Handle and socket.



No. 760,331. PATENTEDMAY1'7, 1904.

- R. D. GALLAGHER, SB.

HANDLE AND SOCKET.

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PATBNTED MAY 17, 1904.

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HANDLE AND SOCKET. APPLICATION FILED ma; 4, 1903.

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UNITED STATES RICHARD D. GALLAGHER, SR., OF

THREE FOURTHS TO W. H. HARRISON, H. N. JEVVETT, AND ELLA T.

SHAW, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

Iatented May 17, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR HANDLE AND SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,331, dated May 17,1904.

Application filed March 4, 1903. Serial No. 146,224. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

. Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Handles and Sockets; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

a My invention relates to means for securing implements to handles; andit consists in the constructions, combinations, and arrangementsherein-described and claimed.

. In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, andin which similar reference-letters indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views, Figure 1 shows the securing portion of a handle. Fig. 1is a bottom view of Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a socketmember secured to a handle. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the socket membershown in Fig. 2. Fig. Ashows another form of socket member. Fig. 5 is anend view of the latter. Fig. 6 shows the socket of Fig. 4 with thehandle in position. Fig. 7 showsamodified formof handle. Fig. 8 shows asocket for the latter form of handle. Fig. 9 illustrates a furthermodified form of handle.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates any usual implement-handleprovided with a longitudinal slot or kerf a. I preferably employ twosuch slots (1 and Z), dividing the handle into four resilient members a,o o and (1 as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The slotted handle end is shownbeveled at D and provided with a peripheral groove O. A socket member Eis formed to snugly fit the slotted handle end and is provided withinwardlyextend in g lugs e and projections F. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3,these lugs are formed by properly cutting the material of the socketmember and bending portions thereof to constitute lugs.

To position the socket member on the handle, the projections F areinserted in the slots a Z) and the socket member then forced into placeover the slotted handle end. During such operation the lugs a willengage the bev 5 eled ends Dof the four members a, a, a, and a of thehandle end and act to spring them inward sufliciently to permit the lugsto enter the peripheral groove. Upon entrance of the lugs a into theperipheral groove Otl'ie four members of the slotted handle end willspring outward to their normal position and bring the lower surface ofsuch groove into locking engagement with said lugs. It will thus be seenthat the socket member will be locked against withdrawal from the handleand prevented from rotation thereon by the projection F.

The socket member can obviously be adapted to any implements or articleswhich are 5' and K, which are spun or otherwise suitably securedtogether. The portion K carries a supporting-flange k for rods 7L3 andh, which latter are preferably inclined to meet in a common apex andconstitute means for entering the slots (6 7), formed in the handle end.The portion G carries a downwardly-tapered flange g, constructed toengage the periph eral groove O in the handle end. In this constructionthe upper end of the portion K and f the supporting-flange for the rods[L3 it are preferably formed to snugly lit the handle, and thusconstitute bearing-surfaces.

Instead of having the sections or segments of the handle engage with thecontacting portion a and F of the socket the sections or seg- 3 5 mentsmay have notches M formed on the opposite walls or sides of the slot orslots, as shown in Fig. 7,and the socket, which in this instance ispreferably made tapering, (see Fig. 8,) has two cross bars N, preferablybeveled, the shape of the bars being a triangle. When the handle isforced into the socket, the ratchet-- shaped notches will slip past thecross-bars in the socket. The handle is forced down the socket until thecross-bars of the socket arrive at the upper end of the slitted portionsof the handle and engage the topmost notches M in the walls or sides ofthe slots. Now as the socket is made smaller at the bottom, as shown,and will therefore bring the segments of the handle together and keepthem from spreading and the topmost notches M holdthe bars N the handleis held firmly in the socket against withdrawal and also is preventedfrom turning in the socket. In other words, the socket being madesmaller at the bottom will bring the sections or segments of the handletogether and keep them from spreading, and the topmost notches M,engaging the bars of the socket member, hold the handle firmly in thesocket member against withdrawal and also prevent turning of the handlein the socket.

Figs. 9 and '10 show amodification in which the handle end is providedwith a single slot at instead of with the two intersecting slots a andZ1, illustrated in the previous figures.

While I have illustrated my preferred constructions, many changes couldobviously be made within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a handle having a beveled and slotted end,constituting a plurality of resilient members, and having a pcripheralgroove formed with its lower engaging surface at an angle to the lengthof such resilient members, of a socket member, means carried by saidsocket member and constructed to enter between said resilient members toprevent turning of the socket member thereon, and means carried by thesocket member and constructed to ride over the beveled ends of theresilient members and to lockingly engage the said lower engagingsurface of the peripheral groove, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a handle having a beveled and slotted end,constituting a plurality of resilient members, and having a pcripheralgroove formed with its lower engaging surface at an angle to the lengthof such resilient members, of a socket member, projections carried bysaid socket member and constructed to enter between said resilientmembers to prevent turning of the socket member thereon, and lugscarried by the socket member and constructed to ride over the beveledends of the resilient members and to lockingly engage the said lowerengaging surface of the peripheral groove, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a handle having a beveled and slotted end,constituting a plurality of resilient members, and having a pcripheralgroove formed with its lower engaging surface at an angle to the lengthof such resilient members, of a socket member, projections carried bysaid socket member and constructed to enter between said resilientmembers to prevent turning of the socket member thereon, and a series ofdownwardlyconverging lugs carried by the socket memher and constructedto ride over the beveled ends of the resilient members and tolockinglyengage the said lower engaging surface of the peripheral groove.

4. The combination with a handle having a slotted end, constitutingresilient members, each member being provided with an offset, of asocket member provided with an interior projection to engage saidoffsets of the resilient members lockingly to engage the same to retainthe handle in the socket member, and means carried by the socket memberand arranged to enter between said members to prevent turning of thesocket member thereon, substantially as described.

5-. The combination with a handle having a slotted end, constitutingresilient members, each member being provided with an offset, of asocket member, and means arranged to engage said offset members forpositively locking said handle against withdrawal from, and turning in,said socket member, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

RICHARD D GALLAGHER, SR.

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ED R. SHAW, G. R. COLEMAN.

